Tuesday, May 13, 2008

100 things about me...I might be here all night thinking

1. I was born 3 months early

2. I weighed 3lbs

3. I have a bunch of scars on my body from surgery when I was a baby

4. I have 4 girls

5. My girls weighed 9lbs 5oz, 9lbs 2oz, 10lbs 7oz, and 8lbs 7oz

6. I know some sign laungage, used to know a lot, but I need to learn again

7. My favorite snack is apples in peanut butter

8. I met my husband on a blind date

9. I was in the Oregon Miss Teen pagent ( fun) Good thing I did that when I was young and silly because now I would never attempt that one

10. I just started the twilight series by Stephenie Meyer's and I'm glad I listened to all my friends rave about the books, so far I love it!

11. I love to cook and try new recipes. Last night the girls and I had a special dinner with sparkling apple cider in fancy glasses with Lemon garlic chicken, asparagus, and sliced tomatos we all loved it.

12. Tonight I made an easy dinner chili over frito chips sprinkled with cheese and applesause.
13. I will celebrate 14 years of marriage to my sweetie this month

14. I love to scrapbook, quilt, and read. I'm behind on the scrapbooks and quilting. (4 girls keep me busy)

15. It has been nice to go to Relief Society and listen to all the lesson, it is possible now that my youngest is in nursery.

16. I had a great weekend with my husband's surprise weekend ( I will post more about that soon

17. I keep a food journal, personal journal, and a scripture journal

18. I sent my 4 girls post cards this weekend from the art museum

19. My daughter starts YW next month

20. My husband is a marriage and family counselor, he loves what he does and is a very hard worker.

21. I worked in a video/grocery store when I was 15

22. I worked for head start when I lived in Long Beach Washington

23. My first car was a 69 chevy nova ( I miss that car) It would be a classic now.

24. My name is on the baby wall of fame at the Tacoma General Hospital under the year 1974

25. I have only been pulled over by the police once ( not something I'm proud of)

26.I have never gotten a ticket ever in my life.

27. I grew up in a small logging town, Vernonia Oregon population 1200

28. I did a work out this morning. I walked 3 miles and did weight training.

29. I organized my entertainment center today. (Lots more organizing to do)

30. I have a new nephew he was born today. Welcome to the world Blake Christoper. We can't wait to meet you.

31. I need to hang up our family pictures on the wall.

32. I like to grocery shop with coupons. It is fun to save money.

33. I used to wear glasses when I was a kid. I had surgery for crossed eyes when I was a kid and I don't need glasses anymore.

34. I was baptized when I was a sophmore in High school.

35. I still talk to my best friend from High school we chat on the phone every now and then.

36. I got lost in New York City on a subway when I was 14. It was scary. I was with a group of kids from school.

37. I went to Hawaii with my High school cross country team

38. I went to Disneyland for Senior grad night. Fun! Fun! Fun!

39. I learned how to make handmade paper for my senior project, so I could graduate from High school

40. I volunteered at the Utah State Hospital in Provo Utah

41. I did a lot of babysitting when John was in grad school in Bozeman, Montana

42. I enjoy having the missionaries over for dinner. It is always fun to visit with them.

43. My favorite color is purple

44. My favorite food is Cream of Broccoli and Cauliflower soup. Yum!

45. Since I have been married in 1994 we have moved 17 times. No we are not a military family, just lots of years in college.

46. I have read the whole series of the Work and the Glory books. I really enjoyed them.

47. I have read the whole series of the Children of the Promise and the Hearts of the Children

48. I did not like to read when I was a kid, I would only read when I had to do a book report for school.

49. I rode motorcycles and go carts when I was a kid, it was always so much fun.

50. I used to be in girls scouts from brownies all the way to cadets. That was always fun.

51. My favorite tv show when I was a kid was Little House on the Prarie. My mom could get any chore done when she would tell me my show would be on and I couldn't watch it until I was finished.

52. As a kid I always spent my summers in Washington state with my Uncles, Aunts, and Cousins.

53. I had to give myself Insulin shots when I was pregnant with Mackenzie YUCK!

54. In Junior High I was in the Alice In Wonderland play at school. I was Alice and I enjoyed it.

55. I saw the Ghost Busters car in New York City, it was cool.

56. I went to the Into the Woods play on broadway in New York City.

57. I have been to several concerts: Garth Brooks, Amy Grant, Terry Clark, Styx, Eddie Rabbit, Wynonia Judd

58. I love watching American Idol

59. My YW camp director is now my sister in law. She set John and I up on the blind date

60. Sunday morning I had a whole wheat mini beagel with fat free strawberry cream cheese and several fresh strawberries for breakfast. Yummy!

61. I took my kids to library today. They are all bookworms. Love it! It was a perfect day for the library because it was a rainy day.

62. Thursday I'm going to Zion's Mall to go shopping! Enrichment is so much fun and I'm so blessed to work with wonderful sisters.

63. I'm so ready for summertime. I'm going to go swimming a lot.

64. I'm going to do a workout when I'm finished with this.

65. Tomorrow I'm going to make turkey meatballs with whole wheat pasta and sauce with salad for dinner. I think I'm going to make chocolate strawberry banana fruit smoothies tomorrow for deseret.

66. I love singing primary songs with my girls.

67. I love going on drives on sundays with my family, but the cost of gas has stopped this activity. So now we go for family walks. They are fun too.

68. I tried Karoke at a resturant when I was a teenager, it was a sad and scary experience. I'm not a singer.

69. I enjoy watching sunsets and walking on the beach.

70. I collected porcelain dolls and all kinds of dolls when I was a kid. I had a nice collection and someone stole them when I had them in storage right after I got married.

71. I enjoy baking homemade breads and cookies. (for my husband and kids)

72. I always use stain remover and tide with bleach for our clothes it works great and gets all the stains out.

73. I have my food handlers card and CPR first aid card, I had to do this for my job at head start. It was great to learn those things again.

74. I got the baby blues with 3 of my 4 girls. Not fun.

75. Last year I went to Time Out for Women, it was a great experience and I want to do it again

76. Sometimes my birthday falls on Mothers Day.

77. I picked blueberries and strawberries when I was a kid to make money. Needless to say I didn't make very much because I would eat so many. Yum Oregon Strawberries!

78. I worked at McDonalds while in college. It was a great job and they worked well with my crazy school schedule.

79. John and I got a private tour of the Portland Oregon Temple from a friend who was an engineer there. It was so awesome and it really opened my eyes to what it takes to run the temple. I love going to the temple.

80. While pregnant with Mackenzie I craved Tuna Fish toasted sandwitches with lots of pickel and onion.

81. While pregnant with Courtney I craved peanut butter toast. I don't remember what I craved with the other two just FOOD.

82. I have lived in 7 states

83. I enjoy dancing with the girls to fun music on the stereo

84. I enjoy talking with the girls about new things they learn and about how their day went.

85. I went to the top of Pikes Peak in a train on saturday. It was so much fun and the scenery was so beautiful.

86. I ate a chocolate covered strawberry on friday and it was so YUMMY!

87. I sold over 100 boxes of girl scout cookies when I was a kid. Delivering them was a lot of fun and lots of work.

88. I was married in the Portland Oregon Temple

89. I went to a mommy/ daughter dinner with Brook and it was so much fun and yummy.

90. I will be very busy on Thursday.

91. On my first date with John we went out for pizza, to a dance, and then out for deseret.

92. All my girls look like carbon copies for the first three months of their lives.

93. I have lost 40 lbs.

94. My fingers are getting a workout beacause this is taking so long to type.

95. I need to finish the laundry.

96. I enjoy volunteering in the girls classes. I hope I can do this more soon.

97. I have blue eyes

98. I sliced my hand on a broken glass in the dish water while in Rexburg, Idaho on a sunday. I had to go to the emergency room. I got stitches. We had no health insurance and it cost $300.

99. We have lived in three states now that get very cold in the winter: Idaho, Colorado, and Montana.

100. I'm enjoying the peace and quite all of my girls are asleep. I've got to finish the house work and then maybe I can read some more of the awesome twilight book.

Whew, that wore me out and it is very hard thinking of 100 things. Thanks for tagging me Jordan, it was fun. I tag BECKY T., LENETTE H., KAREN B., and DEVONY W. It is so much fun learning new things about everyone.

2 comments:

Beau & Lenette said...

wow! I think it is so fun to learn new things about people too. Thanks for the tag I'll see what I can come up with, it might take me awhile!

KJA said...

What a great idea! I think I will do the same thing but I might only do 20 things (I'm now sure how you did 100 things). It was fun to learn all those things.